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"Genuine guy not like some of the pretend homeless folks that want every penny off you. Sorry to see he's gone. Thoughts are with his family."

Kelly Croarkin wrote: "This man made my day. Talked to him everyday, really very sad to see him go."

She added: "RIP, only talked to him yesterday. Will miss our chats on my way home."

"Leeds will not be the same without you"

"So, so sad to have learned that JJ has passed away," tweeted Kerry Johnson, "I saw and chatted to him most lunchtimes and he always had a joke and a smile.

"Every time I bought him food I know he saved it to share with others on the streets. Leeds will not be the same without you, JJ."

Lynsey Elizabeth wrote: "That’s sad. Saw him a lot by the train station. Always so friendly. RIP. You never know what someone’s story is that has led them there."

Becky Thorpe wrote: "RIP Jason. I only spoke to him Monday morn at 7.45am. What a lovely bloke. You will be missed."

"Always had a smile and a kind word"

"Really nice guy, lived his life the way he chose, outside of social norms, always had a smile and a kind word," wrote While Paula Marie.

While Andrew Fletcher wrote: "RIP Jason. He always said 'hello' as you walked past, with a smile."

Yesterday Mr Wager's twin sister described him as a 'happy go lucky' man and said he was 'a gentleman and would have helped anyone living on the streets.'

West Yorkshire Police officers cordoned off part of Neville Street, where Mr Wager's body was found.

Investigators on the scene after a man's body was found in Neville Street, Leeds, on Tuesday morning

A spokesman for the force said: "The death isn’t believed to be suspicious but the scene is being kept in place while the post mortem is carried out today.

"We can confirm his identity as Jason Wager, aged 52."

He is the fifth rough sleeper who has died in Leeds since October 2017 and police say there are no suspicious circumstances surrounding any of the deaths.

They were Alan Campbell, ‘Geordie’ (real name thought to be Jeffrey Hepburn), Nigel Whalley and Fiona Watson.

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